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I don’t blame the engineers, they’re clearly very talented because their products are addictive. I don’t blame the executives either, because they’re clearly very good at managing a trillion dollar behemoth and making ungodly amounts of money for their shareholders. It’s not an employee or executive’s job to create products that are good for society.

I blame our inept and captured public officials for not regulating these products out of existence. It’s their jobs to protect the public from things that harm society. The tech industry clearly can’t regulate itself, no industry can, just like tobacco refused to use filters and car manufacturers refused to install catalytic converters. Preventing kids from getting addicted to apps and suffering from depression and low self-esteem is not in Facebook’s interest other than as a public relations problem.